# tol

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/families/tol
Source type: Colormap family

> All 20 tol colormaps (10 categorical, 4 diverging, and 6 sequential) with side-by-side OKLCh diagnostics for lightness, chroma, hue, and colorblind safety.

- [Bright](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.bright): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.52–0.80 and chroma 0.00–0.17.
- [BuRd](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.BuRd): diverging. Two arms meet at a pivot of lightness 0.98, hue sweeps 230° from blue to red, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Dark](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.dark): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.28–0.50 and chroma 0.00–0.10.
- [Discrete rainbow](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.discrete-rainbow): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.27–0.94 and chroma 0.02–0.23.
- [High Contrast](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.high_contrast): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.00–1.00 and chroma 0.00–0.14.
- [Incandescent](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.incandescent): sequential. Lightness falls monotonically from 0.97 to 0.46, hue sweeps 169° from cyan to red, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Iridescent](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.iridescent): sequential. Lightness falls monotonically from 0.99 to 0.35, hue sweeps 260° from chartreuse to rose, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Land Cover](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.land_cover): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.50–0.94 and chroma 0.06–0.20.
- [Light](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.light): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.71–0.90 and chroma 0.00–0.17.
- [Medium Contrast](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.medium_contrast): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.00–1.00 and chroma 0.00–0.13.
- [Muted](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.muted): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.35–0.90 and chroma 0.00–0.17.
- [Nightfall](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.nightfall): diverging. Two arms meet at a pivot of lightness 0.93, hue sweeps 215° from cyan to red, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Pale](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.pale): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.84–0.94 and chroma 0.00–0.07.
- [PRGn](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.PRGn): diverging. Two arms meet at a pivot of lightness 0.98, hue sweeps 194° from magenta to green, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Rainbow](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.rainbow): sequential. Lightness spans 0.31–0.94, hue sweeps 293° from violet to red, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Smooth rainbow](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.smooth-rainbow): sequential. Lightness spans 0.54–0.72, hue sweeps 61° from rose to orange, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.
- [Sunset](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.sunset): diverging. Two arms meet at a pivot of lightness 0.93, hue sweeps 248° from blue to red, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [Vibrant](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.vibrant): categorical. Its colors span lightness 0.55–0.79 and chroma 0.00–0.22.
- [WhOrBr](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.WhOrBr): sequential. Lightness falls monotonically from 1.00 to 0.36, hue sweeps 101° from chartreuse to orange, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.
- [YlOrBr](https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/tol.YlOrBr): sequential. Lightness falls monotonically from 0.99 to 0.36, hue sweeps 67° from chartreuse to orange, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.